President Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)- R
- Quaker
- Orphaned at age 9
- Went to Stanford University and studied engineering
- Was a mining engineer in China, successful and very wealthy
- Was the head of the Food Administration under President Wilson, directed relief to much of Europe
- Was the Secretary of Commerce under Harding and Coolidge
- One of America's most intelligent presidents (voted best engineer in the US along with Thomas Edison)
- Spoke fluent Chinese along with his wife Lou
- Spent his own money on entertainment in the White House and refused the traditional presidential salary
- Believed that people were responsible for their own success/failure (much of his belief led to how he reacted to the Great Depression)
- "Volunteerism"